Irish boxers guarantee four medals at Boxing World Cup

Joe Ward, Tony Browne, Michaela Walsh and Carly McNaul are guaranteed at least four bronze medals at the World Cup in Cologne, Germany today.

The Irish quartet all won their quarter-finals today and will be aiming to upgrade to at least silver tomorrow in the competition formerly known as the Chemistry Cup.

Triple European champion Ward, now two wins away from claiming a third Chemistry Cup gold, was the last Irish boxer in action tonight and comfortably beat China’s Jilei Zhang on a unanimous decision in the light heavy class.

Dublin heavyweight Browne secured Ireland’s first medal of the 21-nation tournament after knocking in Zhiabao Wang’s teeth and forcing the Chinese corner to throw in the towel at the start of the second round.

Belfast duo McNaul and EU champion Walsh outpointed Mongolian pair Delgerkhnga Khongorzul and Mungustsetseg Enkhjargal in the feather and fly class to advance to the last four.

But Kurt Walker, also an EU titlist, was beaten Russian feather Albert Batyrgaziev, while Irish welters Christina Desmond and Grainne Walsh were beaten on unanimous and split verdicts early this morning to world champion Liu Yang and former foe Nadine Apetz respectively.

Emmet Brennan finished out the third round on the front foot against Gleb Bakshi but the Russian middleweight had enough in the bank to advance to the 75kg semi-finals.

In all, Ireland are bringing home four out of a possible 13 medals from the top-quality tournament and have, so far, posted eight wins and nine losses.

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